Reservations for a Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and CVB Lunch and Learn on social media are due by Tuesday. The workshop and lunch will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, in the community boardroom of Ameris Bank, 101 W. Hendry St., Hinesville.

The sun wasn't up yet, but folks waiting for the opening of Hinesville's first Chick-fil-A were already lined up Thursday. Many spent the night camping in the parking lot, vying to be the first customers in.

The road to better vision will soon be much shorter for North Bryan County residents as Southeastern Eye Center, a private practice currently operating in Hinesville, will be branching out to include a second location in Pembroke.

April Burriss, left, vice president of VIP Office Furniture and Supply, recently went to Washington, D.C., with Juanita Strickland, a VIP consultant. They attended the 2017 National Office Products Alliance Small Business Advocacy Fly-In, which the regional business is invited to yearly. After a briefing on legislative and regulatory issues of concern to the industry, they spent a day visiting elected officials and staff on Capitol Hill.